Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-24

aside and appropriated for the immediate
relief OF those suffering from restitution
by reason of said drouth.
Art. 2, That the governor, with the ad-
vice and consent of the senate, shall i'm
mediately appoint committee of three
disinterested citizens of the state of
Texas, to be known as the drouth relief
committee, whose duty it shall be to i'm
mediately visit the portion of this state
where such restitution prevails and as
certain the extent of such restitution
caused by said drouth; and should said
committee, upon investigation, be salts
fed that the people of any county are in
destitute circumstances by reason of said
drouth, said committee shall draw draft
on the stste of Texas, in favor of the
treasurer of such county, for such sum
OF money as in the judgment of said COM
mittee shall be adequate and proper for
the immediate relief of the destitute of
such county.
Art. 8. That said drafts so drawn by
said committee shall be Endorsed by the
governor, and warrant issued thereon
by the comptroller to the state treasurer,
and he shall pay the same to the county
treasurers in whose favor they are sever
ally drawn. out of the fund hereinbefore
mentioned as set aside for the relief OF
those suffering from restitution by reason
Of said drouth, ana the county treasurers
of such counties shall designate the
money so received BY them as the relief
fund of the cOuntr, and shall pay out the
same under the order of the commission
ers' courts of their several counties as
hereinafter provided.
Art. +. The commissioners court of
any county receiving said money snail JIM
mediately purchase corn, fiouFor meal at
such places and in such manner as toeaid
court may seem proper, and shall dis
tribute the same as a donation to the des-
titute citizens of their several counties as
their Immediate necessities may demand.
Art 5 The commissioners court pur-
chasing provisions under the preceding
article, shall give orders on the county
treasurer of said county for money to
pay for the same. And in distributing
said provisions, shall give no aid to any
persons who have or are able to buy bread
for themselves, and shall require
atfidaylts to be made by two credible
persons, one Of whom may be the party
for whom the aid is sought, showing
such inability to purchase said food, and
further showing such persons for whom
aid is solicited to have been bona tide
citizens of the county in which they then
reside for more than three months, next
proceeding the. time of making such sp
plIcGtion.
Art 6. Two members of the drouth
relief committee shall constitute quorum
IA nf I'M in
behalf. Said committee shall not be re-
quired 10 visit all Of the counties that are
suffering from restitution, caused by
drouth, before furnishing relief, but may.
in their discretion, draw drafS fer the re-
lief of the people of the counties in sue
cession as visited by them, so as to give
them immediate relief, having due re-
gard for the probable number of people
to be relieved. and ire amount herein
appropriated to be drawn from.
Art. :. Said drouth relief committee
shall procure information concerning the
extent of said drouth, and the restitution
caused thereby, and make full report
of the same, with such suggestions as to
them may seem proper, together with
full report of their action, to this leglsls-
ture by or before March 10, 1897.
Art. 8. The members of said drouth re-
lief committee shall each receive the sum
Of So per day for each day actually en-
gagged IN the discharge OF their duties as
required by this act, and all actual neCes-
sary expenses incurred by them; provided,
that no memoer of said committee shall
receive pay for more than forty days
services, an accurate itemiZed account Oh
which ssid actual necessary expenses and
per diem services of each member shall
be made under oath by said member, ap-
proved by the governor, and presented to
the comptroller Of the state of Texas, who
shall thereupon issue warrant for the
same, and the state treasurer shall pay
the same out CT the said sum set aside
for the immediate relief of those suffer
ing by reason of said drouth.
Art. .. Each member of the drouth re-
lief committee, before entering upon the
discharge Of his duties as such, shall take
and subscribe an oath to faithfully and
impGrtially discharge his duties as men,
Der of the drouth relief committee, which
said oath shall be fled in the office Of the
secretary of state.
Art. 10. Whereas great distress, owing
to said restitution by said drouth,
now prevails in large portion of this
state, aud imperative public necessity eX
lists thst the constitutional rule requiring
bi Is to be read on several days be sus-
pended, and that this act take effect and
be in force from and after its passage,
and it is so enacted.
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